Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-11-13
WHAT VIZ PAY.
WEST VIRGIulA's CONTRIBUTION
To the Treasury Surplus--Inhrnal Rove
uue Taxes
RROnTHB ConIISsIoHER'S REPORT.
The Amount Expended for Smoking, Chew.
ing and Drinking.
Special 7slssrum ioise Sssday Register.

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WASHINGTON, D. c., November a..
According to the report Of Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue Miller, which has
been printed for the use OF the press, the
collections made BY Collector McGraw, Of
West Virginia, and reported to the Com
missioner during the fiscsl year ending
June 80 last amounted TO $5Ss. 1854
McGaw has in store under the head OF
Ordnance sapplies" six Springfield car.
biues. These he probably Inherited from
Collector Mccormick.
The amount expended in West Virginia
for discovery and punishment Of violations
Of the law during the year was Ssl. Ad-
ded to this is SIS for the same purpose
from an old appropriation, making SO.
There were 7sl. .0s5 pounds Of tobacco
manufactured in West Virginia last year,
out of which IL, ,7l9, 40 cigars we're made.
The materials used were lS5, ,s37 pounds Of
leaf tobacco, 19s, ,075 pounds of scraps, H..
3S8 pounds of licoricc, 20,05i pounds OF
sugar and sos pounds of other materials.
There are but
TWELVE TOBACCO FACTORIES
in West Virginia, and these produced o.
$40 pounds Of plug tobacco ard ST., 81"
pounds Of smoking tobacco.
There were four rectiheis who paid a
special tax in West Virginia during the
year; 756 retail liquor dealers and II
wholesale liquor dealers
There are log manufacturers OF cigars in
the State, and - dealers in leaf tobacco,
twenty. three Of these each handled less
than $4,000 pounds. There are 1, ,l50
dealers in manufactured tobacco In the
State and all but eleven manufacturers Of
tobacco
There are br, wcrs In the State and but
IS retail dealers in malt liquors and II
Wholesale dealers in malt liquors These
figures apply only TO ,hoeo who pay tho
special tax.
There are hut two registered grain dis.
tilleries ia the State, one OF which was in
operation during the year. There were,
however, 1,05i registered fruit stills In the
State, all of which were operated, making
a total of 1.575.
The grain distilleiies do not exceed y
daily capacity Of 30 gallons per day, and
do not consume more than 3 bushels OF
grain daily.
THE GRAIN usRD.
The amount Of grain and other materials
used Ia the production of distilled spirits
in the State during the iiscal year ending
June 20 last is as follows: T,s25 bushels
of malt, a., 1924 bushels Of rye. and 2,is9
bushels OF corn There were II, is7 proof
gallons Of spirits rectiiied during the year
ending April 30 last. During the last
fiscal year there were fed at the registered
grain distilltries in the State 81 cattle, the
average weight nf which ~a, 100 puuDiS,
aud the total increase In weight was
l3, 800 pounds.
The amount Of the assessments made In
West Virginia during the year was Sl07,.
S35.2 On June 30 there was remaining
in the distillery warehouses IN West yir-
ginis $, ,232 gallons OF bourbon and si9, ,s2I
gallons of rye whisky.
The place where the stuff WAS produced
Wa at the Harris Distilling Company at
Martinsburg
Jarrtts distillery,. at--Fetterman, and
Sturgis' at Georgetown, W. Va, did not
produce any spirits during the pear.
West Virginia exported 500 gallons of
rye whisky, and 81 gallons were lost by
casualty in the distillery warehouses dur
ing the year.
AMOUNT ON HAND.
On June 10 there were remaining
in the warehousss I'm West vir.
ginia 79s s37 gallons OF rye whisky, aud
10, ,ssl gallons Of Bourbon. The amount
on hands here was OH October I, In the
bands oi Who'll, sale dealers, b3,3Ol gallons
Of all kinda Of domestic spirits. Of which
25, 23j gallons was Bourbon, "a, s5s gal
Ions was rye whisky, 6i2 gallons Of New
England alcohol 32i gallons Of New Eng
land rum. ,l93 gallons Of yin and ACTS
gallons Of pnre neutral or Cologne spirita.
There we're 1873 gallons OF miscellaneous
spirits. The foreign supply consisted Of
62, 352 gallons. OF which l64 gallons were OF
Scotch whisky, 7s gallons Of Jamaica rum,
35 gallons Of st. Croix rum; 30 gallons Of
Holland gin and 26i lions Of miscella-
neous spirits. The total number of do
nestle and foreign on hand On October LEI
in West Virginia WAS G5, l03 gallons. Tbe
number Of wholesale liquor dealers IN bat
Z. and the number Of rectihers three. Ton
October LIST there were 76I, ,546 gallons Of
distilled spirits In the dhtillery ware.
bouses in the State.
The total receipts by the collector on
oleomsrgarine in West Virginia for eight
months, amounted 70 $3I2. There were
but 81 retail dealers In the article during
the period namcd.